E-auction 679-719312 - MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS Aurelianus
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Type : Aurelianus
Date: printemps 290-291
Date: 290-291
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. De beaux détails. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié consulaire de Maximien Hercule à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un globe de la main droite (H1).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Maximianus Augustus”, (L'empereur Maximien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI - AVGG/ -|-// A.
Reverse description : Jupiter nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche ; à ses pieds, un aigle debout à gauche, détournant la tête à droite.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Augustorum”, (Au Jupiter des augustes).
Commentary
Avec son argenture. Sur cet exemplaire tous les détails de la robe consulaire sont bien visibles en particulier les manteaux de cérémonie “toga picta” et “toga palmata” qui font partie des ornements du Triomphe, “ornementa Triumphalia”.
With its silvering. On this example all the details of the consular robe are clearly visible, in particular the ceremonial cloaks “toga picta” and “toga palmata” which are part of the Triumphal ornaments, “ornementa Triumphalia”.
With its silvering. On this example all the details of the consular robe are clearly visible, in particular the ceremonial cloaks “toga picta” and “toga palmata” which are part of the Triumphal ornaments, “ornementa Triumphalia”.
Historical background
MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS
(10/12/285-02/310)
Auguste I
Maximian was born in Sirmium around 250. He has "a low forehead, a wrinkled face, a trumpet nose, a thick chin and neck, a shaggy beard" according to "The Roman Emperors", op. cit., p. 119. This description does not look so much like the portraits of the argentei, which are stereotyped and not necessarily recognizable. He is chosen by Diocletian to assist him. He was first Caesar, then Augustus from April 286, and it was the foundation of the Diarchy. Maximien settles in Trèves and must fight against the barbarian invasions and the usurpation of Carausius in Brittany. In 293, when the Tetrarchy was created, he was assisted by Constantius Chlorus. Diocletian forces Maximian to abdicate on May 1, 305. He resents retirement and goes to support his son Maxentius when he seizes Rome on October 28, 306. He resumes service as august in 307 and helps Constantine to whom he gives his daughter Fausta in marriage. Maximian is forced to abdicate at the conference of Carnuntum, November 11, 308. One last time, he resumes the purple at the beginning of 310 in Marseilles before committing suicide or being assassinated.
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